we elected barack obama. that doesn't mean that we've seen the end of racism but it does mean that people my age, people a little younger than me don't have that same resonance because they've seem people like michelle obama and barack obama all the time. this is more desperate than effective. >> joe, mitt romney himself have said some things that kind of go along with some of the more brazen stuff if you look at it a certain way. he talks about how the president doesn't have american values. he says it repeatedly on the campaign trail. listen to this. >> we've got to stop apologizing for success at home and we've got to have a president to stop apologizing for success abroad. >> i don't think his comments and suggestive understanding of what makes american a u knew nation. >> it's in some respects foreign to the american experience type of philosophy. >> i don't think he ubdss why our economy is the most successful in the world. i don't think he understands america. >> two act as though the president doesn't